Found an acorn
 

Probably not anyone else's cuppa tea here, but I bought a Stevens A&T dated 1864 conversion of a conversion a week or so ago that has really captured my attention.

Probably starting life as a rimfire rifle, this dog leg gun was converted to a 12 ga. shotgun at some point. Later, an old time AZ gunsmith relined it to .44 WCF (.44-40), adding a bead ivory front sight and giving it a fine trigger pull. It's very accurate and hangs well when shooting, but I almost need a gunbearer to carry it due to the heavy barrel resulting from the relining. I don't know how pleasant it would have been to shoot with that severe drop due to the dogleg when it was a 12 ga..

I think it's a great buy for a hunnerd bucks.

let's see a photo! Sounds like a good silouette gun to me!

John, there are pix in the opening post in this thread and also some closer ups in one farther down. Hope that helps.

http://forums.handloads.com/forum_po...TID=17988&PN=1

Wow, neat litle find there, Rod. I love those old poppers... :)

Thanks, Steve. Except for the weight of the barrel when I tote it, I just love it.

Rod,
Thanks for the link. That is a pretty neat clothes line prop, and you can shoot it to boot! Stevens are fun guns. I only have a little .22 pistol now, but I have had a couple of buggy/bicycle rifles in the past and they were a hoot. The .25 Stevens was hard on the pockebook for ammo but I still wish I had it (only a single round of ammo remains to remind me of times gone by).

Thanks, Ron, the ones that got away are hard on us.

I love to shoot this old gun and will be adding components and dies soon. In the meantime the high dollar Winchester 200 gr. JSP works real well and in a single shot it doesn't lend itself to being used up too quickly.

I'd take it deer hunting if my helath permitted.